When Mr Laar's right-of-centre coalition took power two years ago, it was determined to reform the machinery of government.
All of which will be music to the ears of Michael Gove, the education secretary, who said last month that he was determined to reform A-levels.
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Mr Darling said there was a great deal still to be done and he was determined to drive the reform agenda forward.
So my hope and expectation is that, first of all, everybody understands I am determined and this administration is determined to get immigration reform done.
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Second, the government seems determined to put its full weight behind reform.
He said he was determined to "face up to the necessity of reform", an example of which is the part-privatisation of the National Air Traffic Control System (Nats) to be debated by the Commons on Tuesday.
On the other hand, if the politicians are able to provide clarity on taxes, major legislation and regulations (many of the details concerning both the health care and the financial reform bill have yet to be determined), the economy could be helped.
Some countries in the reform camp, notably the Dutch, are determined to keep pressing.
They are determined to get back on track after the row about House of Lords reform de-railed co-operation between their two parties.
The Home Office claims that although it is as determined as ever not to dilute any of the main measures in the police reform bill, the atmosphere in which talks are continuing is now much less hostile.
Peers have already inflicted a series of defeats on the government's flagship Welfare Reform Bill, which applies to England, Scotland and Wales, but ministers say they are determined to get key changes through Parliament.
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